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Constraints on Light WIMPs from SuperCDMS

The SuperCDMS experiment searches for weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) using cryogenic germanium detectors that measure ionization and phonon energy. Several direct searches for WIMPs have recently reported excesses of events…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-13 A. J. Anderson

CE$\nu$NS Experiment Proposal at CSNS

The detection and cross-section measurement of Coherent Elastic Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering (CE{\nu}NS) are vital for particle physics, astrophysics, and nuclear physics. Therefore, a new CE{\nu}NS detection experiment is proposed in China.…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-07-28 Chenguang Su , Qian Liu , Tianjiao Liang

Response of the XENON100 Dark Matter Detector to Nuclear Recoils

Results from the nuclear recoil calibration of the XENON100 dark matter detector installed underground at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS), Italy are presented. Data from measurements with an external 241AmBe neutron source…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2013-08-12 The XENON100 Collaboration , E. Aprile , M. Alfonsi , K. Arisaka , F. Arneodo , C. Balan , L. Baudis , B. Bauermeister , A. Behrens , P. Beltrame , K. Bokeloh , A. Brown , E. Brown , S. Bruenner , G. Bruno , R. Budnik , J. M. R. Cardoso , W. -T. Chen , B. Choi , A. P. Colijn , H. Contreras , J. P. Cussonneau , M. P. Decowski , E. Duchovni , S. Fattori , A. D. Ferella , W. Fulgione , F. Gao , M. Garbini , C. Geis , C. Ghag , K. -L. Giboni , L. W. Goetzke , C. Grignon , E. Gross , W. Hampel , R. Itay , F. Kaether , G. Kessler , A. Kish , J. Lamblin , H. Landsman , R. F. Lang , M. Le Calloch , C. Levy , K. E. Lim , Q. Lin , S. Lindemann , M. Lindner , J. A. M. Lopes , K. Lung , T. Marrodan Undagoitia , F. V. Massoli , A. J. Melgarejo Fernandez , Y. Meng , M. Messina , A. Molinario , K. Ni , U. Oberlack , S. E. A. Orrigo , E. Pantic , R. Persiani , G. Plante , N. Priel , A. Rizzo , S. Rosendahl , J. M. F. dos Santos , G. Sartorelli , J. Schreiner , M. Schumann , L. Scotto Lavina , P. R. Scovell , M. Selvi , P. Shagin , H. Simgen , A. Teymourian , D. Thers , O. Vitells , H. Wang , M. Weber , C. Weinheimer , H. Schuhmacher , B. Wiegel

The COSINE-100 Data Acquisition System

COSINE-100 is a dark matter direct detection experiment designed to test the annual modulation signal observed by the DAMA/LIBRA experiment. COSINE-100 consists of 8 NaI(Tl) crystals with a total mass of 106 kg, a 2200 L liquid scintillator…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-10-11 100 Collaboration , G. Adhikari , P. Adhikari , E. Barbosa de Souza , N. Carlin , S. Choi , W. Choi , M. Djamal , A. C. Ezeribe , C. Ha , I. S. Hahn , A. J. F. Hubbard , E. J. Jeon , J. H. Jo , H. W. Joo , W. G. Kang , W. S. Kang , M. Kauer , H. Kim , H. J. Kim , K. W. Kim , M. C. Kim , N. Y. Kim , S. K. Kim , Y. D. Kim , Y. H Kim , V. A. Kudryavtsev , H. S. Lee , J. Lee , M. H. Lee , K. E. Lim , D. S. Leonard , R. H. Maruyama , F. Mouton , S. Na , S. L. Olsen , H. K. Park , H. S. Park , J. S. Park , K. S. Park , W. Pettus , H. Prihtiadi , C. Rott , A. Scarff , N. J. C. Spooner , W. G. Thompson , L. Yang

Analysis of backgrounds for the ANAIS-112 dark matter experiment

The ANAIS (Annual modulation with NaI(Tl) Scintillators) experiment aims at the confirmation or refutation of theDAMA/LIBRA positive annual modulation signal in the low energy detection rate, using the same target and technique, at the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-05-29 J. Amare , S. Cebrian , I. Coarasa , C. Cuesta , E. Garcia , M. Martinez , M. A. Olivan , Y. Ortigoza , A. Ortiz de Solorzano , J. Puimedon , A. Salinas , M. L. Sarsa , J. A. Villar , P. Villar

The Muon-Induced Neutron Indirect Detection EXperiment, MINIDEX

A new experiment to quantitatively measure neutrons induced by cosmic-ray muons in selected high-Z materials is introduced. The design of the Muon-Induced Neutron Indirect Detection EXperiment, MINIDEX, and the results from its first data…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-07-27 I. Abt , A. Caldwell , C. Carissimo , C. Gooch , R. Kneissl , J. Langford , X. Liu , B. Majorovits , M. Palermo , O. Schulz , L. Vanhoefer

The Cryogenic Dark Matter Search Experiment, results from the 2004 campaign and status of the current update

The CDMS II experiment uses Z-dependent Ionization Phonon (ZIP) detectors made of Germanium and Silicon to identify nuclear recoils from Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) with near complete event-by-event rejection of various…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Samuel Leclercq

Nuclear-recoil energy scale in CDMS II silicon dark-matter detectors

The Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS II) experiment aims to detect dark matter particles that elastically scatter from nuclei in semiconductor detectors. The resulting nuclear-recoil energy depositions are detected by ionization and…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-07-31 R. Agnese , A. J. Anderson , T. Aramaki , W. Baker , D. Balakishiyeva , S. Banik , D. Barker , R. Basu Thakur , D. A. Bauer , T. Binder , A. Borgland , M. A. Bowles , P. L. Brink , R. Bunker , B. Cabrera , D. O. Caldwell , R. Calkins , C. Cartaro , D. G. Cerdeno , H. Chagani , Y. -Y. Chang , Y. Chen , J. Cooley , B. Cornell , P. Cushman , M. Daal , T. Doughty , E. M. Dragowsky , L. Esteban , S. Fallows , E. Fascione , E. Figueroa-Feliciano , M. Fritts , G. Gerbier , R. Germond , M. Ghaith , G. L. Godfrey , S. R. Golwala , J. Hall , H. R. Harris , D. Holmgren , Z. Hong , L. Hsu , M. E. Huber , V. Iyer , D. Jardin , A. Jastram , C. Jena , M. H. Kelsey , A. Kennedy , A. Kubik , N. A. Kurinsky , A. Leder , E. Lopez Asamar , P. Lukens , D. MacDonell , R. Mahapatra , V. Mandic , N. Mast , K. A. McCarthy , E. H. Miller , N. Mirabolfathi , R. A. Moffatt , B. Mohanty , D. Moore , J. D. Morales Mendoza , J. Nelson , S. M. Oser , K. Page , W. A. Page , R. Partridge , M. Penalver Martinez , M. Pepin , A. Phipps , S. Poudel , M. Pyle , H. Qiu , W. Rau , P. Redl , A. Reisetter , A. Roberts , H. E. Rogers , A. E. Robinson , T. Saab , B. Sadoulet , J. Sander , K. Schneck , R. W. Schnee , S. Scorza , K. Senapati , B. Serfass , D. Speller , P. C. F. Di Stefano , M. Stein , J. Street , H. A. Tanaka , D. Toback , R. Underwood , A. N. Villano , B. von Krosigk , B. Welliver , J. S. Wilson , M. J. Wilson , D. H. Wright , S. Yellin , J. J. Yen , B. A. Young , X. Zhang , X. Zhao

Cosmogenic background simulations for the DARWIN observatory at different underground locations

Xenon dual-phase time projections chambers (TPCs) have proven to be a successful technology in studying physical phenomena that require low-background conditions. With 40t of liquid xenon (LXe) in the TPC baseline design, DARWIN will have a…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-07-26 M. Adrover , L. Althueser , B. Andrieu , E. Angelino , J. R. Angevaare , B. Antunovic , E. Aprile , M. Babicz , D. Bajpai , E. Barberio , L. Baudis , M. Bazyk , N. Bell , L. Bellagamba , R. Biondi , Y. Biondi , A. Bismark , C. Boehm , A. Breskin , E. J. Brookes , A. Brown , G. Bruno , R. Budnik , C. Capelli , J. M. R. Cardoso , A. Chauvin , A. P. Cimental Chavez , A. P. Colijn , J. Conrad , J. J. Cuenca-García , V. D'Andrea , M. P. Decowski , A. Deisting , P. Di Gangi , S. Diglio , M. Doerenkamp , G. Drexlin , K. Eitel , A. Elykov , R. Engel , S. Farrell , A. D. Ferella , C. Ferrari , H. Fischer , M. Flierman , W. Fulgione , P. Gaemers , R. Gaior , M. Galloway , N. Garroum , S. Ghosh , F. Girard , R. Glade-Beucke , F. Glück , L. Grandi , J. Grigat , R. Größle , H. Guan , M. Guida , R. Hammann , V. Hannen , S. Hansmann-Menzemer , N. Hargittai , T. Hasegawa , C. Hils , A. Higuera , K. Hiraoka , L. Hoetzsch , M. Iacovacci , Y. Itow , J. Jakob , F. Jörg , M. Kara , P. Kavrigin , S. Kazama , M. Keller , B. Kilminster , M. Kleifges , M. Kobayashi , A. Kopec , B. von Krosigk , F. Kuger , H. Landsman , R. F. Lang , I. Li , S. Li , S. Liang , S. Lindemann , M. Lindner , F. Lombardi , J. Loizeau , T. Luce , Y. Ma , C. Macolino , J. Mahlstedt , A. Mancuso , T. Marrodán Undagoitia , J. A. M. Lopes , F. Marignetti , K. Martens , J. Masbou , S. Mastroianni , S. Milutinovic , K. Miuchi , R. Miyata , A. Molinario , C. M. B. Monteiro , K. Morå , E. Morteau , Y. Mosbacher , J. Müller , M. Murra , J. L. Newstead , K. Ni , U. G. Oberlack , I. Ostrovskiy , B. Paetsch , M. Pandurovic , Q. Pellegrini , R. Peres , J. Pienaar , M. Pierre , M. Piotter , G. Plante , T. R. Pollmann , L. Principe , J. Qi , J. Qin , M. Rajado Silva , D. Ramírez García , A. Razeto , S. Sakamoto , L. Sanchez , P. Sanchez-Lucas , J. M. F. dos Santos , G. Sartorelli , A. Scaffidi , P. Schulte , H. -C. Schultz-Coulon , H. Schulze Eißing , M. Schumann , L. Scotto Lavina , M. Selvi , F. Semeria , P. Shagin , S. Sharma , W. Shen , M. Silva , H. Simgen , R. Singh , M. Solmaz , O. Stanley , M. Steidl , P. L. Tan , A. Terliuk , D. Thers , T. Thümmler , F. Tönnies , F. Toschi , G. Trinchero , R. Trotta , C. Tunnell , P. Urquijo , K. Valerius , S. Vecchi , S. Vetter , G. Volta , D. Vorkapic , W. Wang , K. M. Weerman , C. Weinheimer , M. Weiss , D. Wenz , C. Wittweg , J. Wolf , T. Wolf , V. H. S. Wu , M. Wurm , Y. Xing , M. Yamashita , J. Ye , G. Zavattini , K. Zuber

CUTE: A Cryogenic Underground TEst Facility at SNOLAB

Low-temperature cryogenics open the door for a range of interesting technologies based on features like superconductivity and superfluidity, low-temperature phase transitions or the low heat capacity of non-metals in the milli-Kelvin range.…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-01-31 Philippe Camus , Jonathan Corbett , Sean Crawford , Koby Dering , Eleanor Fascione , Gilles Gerbier , Richard Germond , Muad Ghaith , Jeter Hall , Ziqing Hong , Andrew Kubik , Adam Mayer , Serge Nagorny , Payam Pakarha , Wolfgang Rau , Silvia Scorza , Ryan Underwood

First Dark Matter Results from the XENON100 Experiment

The XENON100 experiment, in operation at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso in Italy, is designed to search for dark matter WIMPs scattering off 62 kg of liquid xenon in an ultra-low background dual-phase time projection chamber. In…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-03-03 The XENON100 Collaboration , E. Aprile , K. Arisaka , F. Arneodo , A. Askin , L. Baudis , A. Behrens , E. Brown , J. M. R. Cardoso , B. Choi , D. B. Cline , S. Fattori , A. D. Ferella , K. -L. Giboni , K. Hugenberg , A. Kish , C. W. Lam , J. Lamblin , R. F. Lang , K. E. Lim , J. A. M. Lopes , T. Marrodán Undagoitia , Y. Mei , A. J. Melgarejo Fernandez , K. Ni , U. Oberlack , S. E. A. Orrigo , E. Pantic , G. Plante , A. C. C. Ribeiro , R. Santorelli , J. M. F. dos Santos , M. Schumann , P. Shagin , A. Teymourian , D. Thers , E. Tziaferi , H. Wang , C. Weinheimer

Background model of NaI(Tl) detectors for the ANAIS Dark Matter Project

A thorough understanding of the background sources is mandatory in any experiment searching for rare events. The ANAIS (Annual Modulation with NaI(Tl) Scintillators) experiment aims at the confirmation of the DAMA/LIBRA signal at the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-09-01 J. Amare , S. Cebrian , C. Cuesta , E. Garcia , M. Martinez , M. A. Olivan , Y. Ortigoza , A. Ortiz de Solorzano , C. Pobes , J. Puimedon , M. L. Sarsa , J. A. Villar , P. Villar

Monte Carlo simulation of the SABRE PoP background

SABRE (Sodium-iodide with Active Background REjection) is a direct dark matter search experiment based on an array of radio-pure NaI(Tl) crystals surrounded by a liquid scintillator veto. Twin SABRE experiments in the Northern and Southern…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-11-15 M. Antonello , E. Barberio , T. Baroncelli , J. Benziger , L. J. Bignell , I. Bolognino , F. Calaprice , S. Copello , D. D'Angelo , G. D'Imperio , I. Dafinei , G. Di Carlo , M. Diemoz , A. Di Ludovico , A. R. Duffy , F. Froborg , G. K. Giovanetti , E. Hoppe , A. Ianni , L. Ioannucci , S. Krishnan , G. J. Lane , I. Mahmood , A. Mariani , P. McGee , P. Montini , J. Mould , F. Nuti , D. Orlandi , M. Paris , V. Pettinacci , L. Pietrofaccia , D. Prokopovich , S. Rahatlou , N. Rossi , A. Sarbutt , E. Shields , M. J. Souza , A. E. Stuchbery , B. Suerfu , C. Tomei , P. Urquijo , C. Vignoli , M. Wada , A. Wallner , A. G. Williams , J. Xu , M. Zurowski

Validation of the COSINE-100U NaI(Tl) Encapsulation for Low-Temperature Operation in Liquid Scintillator

The COSINE-100U (upgrade) will enhance the sensitivity of the COSINE-100 dark matter search by operating the detector array immersed in liquid scintillator (LS) at $-30^oC$. To validate the detector design for these conditions, we…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2026-04-01 Kihong Park , Sungjin Cho , Luis Eduardo Franca , Chang Hyon Ha , Jinyoung Kim , Kyungwon Kim , SungHyun Kim , Won Kyung Kim , Young Ju Ko , Doohyeok Lee , Hyun Su Lee , In Soo Lee , Seo Hyun Lee , Se Dong Park , Gyun Ho Yu

The CCube reconstruction algorithm for the SoLid experiment

The SoLid experiment is a very-short-baseline experiment aimed at searching for nuclear reactor-produced active to sterile antineutrino oscillations. The detection principle is based on the pairing of two types of solid scintillators:…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-10-23 The SoLid collaboration

CALIS - a CALibration Insertion System for the DarkSide-50 dark matter search experiment

This paper describes the design, fabrication, commissioning and use of a CALibration source Insertion System (CALIS) in the DarkSide-50 direct dark matter search experiment. CALIS deploys radioactive sources into the liquid scintillator…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-01-17 P. Agnes , I. F. M. Albuquerque , T. Alexander , A. K. Alton , D. M. Asner , H. O. Back , B. Baldin , K. Biery , V. Bocci , G. Bonfini , W. Bonivento , M. Bossa , B. Bottino , A. Brigatti , J. Brodsky , F. Budano , S. Bussino , M. Cadeddu , L. Cadonati , M. Cadoni , F. Calaprice , N. Canci , A. Candela , M. Caravati , M. Cariello , M. Carlini , S. Catalanotti , P. Cavalcante , A. Chepurnov , C. Cicalo , A. G. Cocco , G. Covone , D. D'Angelo , M. D'Incecco , S. Davini , S. De Cecco , M. De Deo , M. De Vincenzi , A. Derbin , A. Devoto , F. Di Eusanio , G. Di Pietro , C. Dionisi , E. Edkins , A. Empl , A. Fan , G. Fiorillo , K. Fomenko , G. Forster , D. Franco , F. Gabriele , C. Galbiati , S. Giagu , C. Giganti , G. K. Giovanetti , A. M. Goretti , F. Granato , L. Grandi , M. Gromov , M. Guan , Y. Guardincerri , B. R. Hackett , K. Herner , D. Hughes , P. Humble , E. V. Hungerford , Al. Ianni , An. Ianni , I. James , T. N. Johnson , C. Jollet , K. Keeter , C. L. Kendziora , G. Koh , D. Korablev , G. Korga , A. Kubankin , X. Li , M. Lissia , B. Loer , P. Lombardi , G. Longo , Y. Ma , I. N. Machulin , A. Mandarano , S. M. Mari , J. Maricic , L. Marini , C. J. Martoff , A. Meregaglia , P. D. Meyers , R. Milincic , J. D. Miller , D. Montanari , A. Monte , B. J. Mount , V. N. Muratova , P. Musico , J. Napolitano , A. Navrer Agasson , S. Odrowski , M. Orsini , F. Ortica , L. Pagani , M. Pallavicini , E. Pantic , S. Parmeggiano , K. Pelczar , N. Pelliccia , A. Pocar , S. Pordes , D. A. Pugachev , H. Qian , K. Randle , G. Ranucci , M. Razeti , A. Razeto , B. Reinhold , A. L. Renshaw , M. Rescigno , Q. Riffard , A. Romani , B. Rossi , N. Rossi , D. Rountree , D. Sablone , P. Saggese , R. Saldanha , W. Sands , C. Savarese , B. Schlitzer , E. Segreto , D. A. Semenova , E. Shields , P. N. Singh , M. D. Skorokhvatov , O. Smirnov , A. Sotnikov , C. Stanford , Y. Suvorov , R. Tartaglia , J. Tatarowicz , G. Testera , A. Tonazzo , P. Trinchese , E. V. Unzhakov , M. Verducci , A. Vishneva , B. Vogelaar , M. Wada , S. Walker , H. Wang , Y. Wang , A. W. Watson , S. Westerdale , J. Wilhelmi , M. M. Wojcik , Xi. Xiang , X. Xiao , J. Xu , C. Yang , A. Zec , W. Zhong , C. Zhu , G. Zuzel

Finding Dark Matter Faster with Explicit Profile Likelihoods

Liquid xenon time-projection chambers are the world's most sensitive detectors for a wide range of dark matter candidates. We show that the statistical analysis of their data can be improved by replacing detector response Monte Carlo…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-11-04 J. Aalbers , B. Pelssers , V. C. Antochi , P. L. Tan , J. Conrad

CDMS-II to SuperCDMS: WIMP search at a zeptobarn

The Cryogenic Dark Matter search experiment (CDMS) employs low-temperature Ge and Si detectors to detect WIMPs via their elastic scattering of target nuclei. The last analysis with an germanium exposure of 397.8 kg-days resulted in zero…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 T. Bruch

The Oscura Experiment

The Oscura experiment will lead the search for low-mass dark matter particles using a very large array of novel silicon Charge Coupled Devices (CCDs) with a threshold of two electrons and with a total exposure of 30 kg-yr. The R&D effort,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-02-25 Alexis Aguilar-Arevalo , Fabricio Alcalde Bessia , Nicolas Avalos , Daniel Baxter , Xavier Bertou , Carla Bonifazi , Ana Botti , Mariano Cababie , Gustavo Cancelo , Brenda Aurea Cervantes-Vergara , Nuria Castello-Mor , Alvaro Chavarria , Claudio R. Chavez , Fernando Chierchie , Juan Manuel De Egea , Juan Carlos D`Olivo , Cyrus E. Dreyer , Alex Drlica-Wagner , Rouven Essig , Juan Estrada , Ezequiel Estrada , Erez Etzion , Guillermo Fernandez-Moroni , Marivi Fernandez-Serra , Steve Holland , Agustin Lantero Barreda , Andrew Lathrop , Jose Lipovetzky , Ben Loer , Edgar Marrufo Villalpando , Jorge Molina , Santiago Perez , Paolo Privitera , Dario Rodrigues , Richard Saldanha , Diego Santa Cruz , Aman Singal , Nathan Saffold , Leandro Stefanazzi , Miguel Sofo-Haro , Javier Tiffenberg , Christian Torres , Sho Uemura , Rocio Vilar

The ANAIS Dark Matter Project: Status and Prospects

The ANAIS (Annual modulation with NaI(Tl) Scintillators) experiment aims at the confirmation of the DAMA/LIBRA positive annual modulation signal using the same target and technique at the Canfranc Underground Laboratory (LSC). A first step,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-01-07 J. Amaré , S. Cebrián , C. Cuesta , E. García , M. Martínez , M. A. Oliván , Y. Ortigoza , A. Ortiz de Solórzano , C. Pobes , J. Puimedón , M. L. Sarsa , J. A. Villar , P. Villar